Well Happy Mother’s Day to you all! I get to do whatever I want! I see TGIFriday’s in my future, and maybe take the kids to the park. Follow that up with some stamp time, of course.
As you may have noticed I took yesterday off! I needed it, and really didn’t have time to post. I had family things to do. It was a great day. Now due to my lack of posting you can guess how much I HAVE to say! LOL! This is LONG winded. I know, by now, you know me.
I do have a post to share using my favorite image-Butterflies! My day would NOT be complete without that. But first my little Mother’s Day celebrations-My children.
IF YOU WANT TO SKIP THAT BLAH BLAH BLAH scroll down!
Noah-
He had his first t-ball game yesterday! He was hilarious. Every time a kid got on his base, and it was time to run to the next, Noah would run too, trying to “beat him” to the next base.Maybe we should have him in track? I guess they do some drill at practice, and Noah just can’t seem to separate that for this first game! LOL! Anyway, I was so proud. Last year he sat in the field and pouted! LOL! He is growing up SO fast, and seems old beyond his years. Given Alexa’s issue’s he is like the oldest child, and is the care taker of his sister’s. Some woman will be very lucky to have him some day. He is a mini version of his daddy, with a few added qualities.
Amber –
She had her Dance recital. She was ADORABLE!! All the girls were! Each one did a fabulous job. I can’t even imagine how it must be to get on a big stage and perform in front of a big group like that. Especially at 3 years old! It was the cutest thing, ever. Jason didn’t even flinch when I told him we needed to buy the DVD! He just forked it over, with a smile! Its amazing what a little girl with blond ringlets, big blue eyes-that bat at you when needed, a smile and pink tutu will do to a dad’s heart!
This is her in the song “Everybody wants to be a cat” She is sitting and acting like a cat-pawing, and cleaning their ears! It was her favorite song to do. The other song way The Candy Man.
On Stage-isn’t she the cutest?!
Alexa-
Well, she got ill after her field trip, and I’m just watching her closely, since Wednesday is her LAST day of chemo, provided all goes well. She is growing so fast. Time has flown by since I was pregnant with her. I always remember being 17 weeks along and hearing that she would most likely die in utero, by 20 weeks, given some of the issue’s she had while I was carrying her. Its been a great, and long rollercoaster since that time-but here she is. Showing them all, you CAN be so wrong. She didn’t “ruin or burden” my life like they told me she would. She took me on the road less traveled, but a amazing journey just the same. I dont honestly know WHERE I would be, without her. Maybe a very different person that I am today.
Daisy-my furbaby
They are like best friends! They play together, sleep together, and even eat together!
YES! I said EAT! My cat eats dog food and the dog eats the cat food. Yes I know that is not good, but I can’t watch them both every second! LOL!
Daisy is full grown now. I want to say she is about 15lbs of fur. We give her a bath and she disappears! LOL! We need to work on her jumping on people.
She is testing her limits with being very naughty. She is use to me being home, and is very spoiled with lovin’s during that time. Plus the kids play with er all day. SOOOOO, when I’m gone for more than 3 hours, she tends to show me how sad that makes her!! She is lucky I do love her so much! I can’t even tell you some of the trouble she ahs gotten into.
Her name has gone from Daisy Doodle to Daisy Devil! LOL!
I am so thankful for my family. Proud to be a mom of three amazing little human being’s who can one second make me think I am losing my mind, then they follow it up with an unsolicited hug or kiss. Or the best words ANY mom has ever heard-I love you mommy!
I am also so blessed to have my hubby! He is truly the BEST!
Now speaking of mom’s-mine came up yesterday, and we had a fabulous day! Not long enough. We hope to go to her house for a visit soon!
She got me this GORGEOUS wreath for my door. It had purple in it and seashells and starfish! GORGEOUS!!! She loved her Bella card, and the frame I made of my family and the Pansy Basket! I got her a planter full pf Pansy’s to go with it!
I want to share a poem with you, that my friend Tanya shared with me. I loved it so much, and thought any mother could relate!
I hope you have a wonderful Mother’s Day, and remember that mother’s shouldn’t be celebrated just ONE day a year! Our kids do something everyday, that makes even the hardest times worth every second. So try to look for your moment, in each day.
Before I was a Mom,
I never tripped over toys or forgot words to a lullaby.
I didn’t worry whether or not my plants were poisonous.
I never thought about immunizations.
Before I was a Mom –
I had never been puked on.
Pooped on.
Chewed on.
Peed on.
I had complete control of my mind and my thoughts.
I slept all night.
Before I was a Mom,
I never held down a screaming child so doctors could do
tests
Or give shots.
I never looked into teary eyes and cried.
I never got gloriously happy over a simple grin.
I never sat up late hours at night watching a baby sleep.
Before I was a Mom,
I never held a sleeping baby just because I didn’t want to
put her down.
I never felt my heart break into a million pieces when I
couldn’t
stop the hurt.
I never knew that something so small could affect my life so
much.
I never knew that I could love someone so much.
I never knew I would love being a Mom.
Before I was a Mom –
I didn’t know the feeling of having my heart outside my body.
I didn’t know how special it could feel to feed a hungry
baby.
I didn’t know that bond between a mother and her child.
I didn’t know that something so small could make me feel so
important and happy.
Before I was a Mom –
I had never gotten up in the middle of the night every 10
minutes to make sure all was okay.
I had never known the warmth, the joy, the love, the
heartache,
the wonderment or the satisfaction of being a Mom.
I didn’t know I was capable of feeling so much, before I
was a
Mom.
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Now its that time for some eye candy!
My mother’s day would not be complete with out providing that.
I told you in another post I ordered Butterfly Beauty from Unity Stamps! The SECOND I saw it in a peek for blog candy (which I did not win :C) I knew they would HAVE to be mine!!
Upon ordering, I have to say I was a little surprised at the price on some of the sets-ONLY because I thought they were going to be those tiny Un-mounted images. I didn’t give it too much thought, because if I love it, and I want it, eventually I’ll just get it. I also didn’t look to read the sizes, I just bought. A typical Lauren thing. Drives my husband insane. He’ll say things like “How much was the steak per lb.?” or “Did you notice that X went up 0.15 cents?” me-“Um, no. I didn’t really look at the price. I just knew we usually buy X or needed X so I got it” Jay-just shakes his head in horror and thanks the good lord I am not in charge of the finances.
So I got my set, and the stamps were a fabulous size! Well worth every cent.
Think Winged Things (an old SU! butterfly set that I thought I’d never part with, now I may be able too!!!) only you get MORE butterflies, and sentiments for LESS!! I was so super surprised and happy I was bouncin!
Deep etched rubber too.
Here is my photo, of my stamps, all laid out nicely. The stamp in the upper right is a bkgd. This gives you an idea of the actual size and deep etched rubber photo.
So I guess my point is, I love them!
As a customer I was very pleased. I love the packaging too! I also ordered the Time for tea (I think) bkgd (shown in photo). Shipping took 6 days total (including weekends) which to me for a new release, let alone new company, was very good.
I didn’t get the handles because I wasn’t sure about the whole thing. Shannantold me there are “codes” on the stamps when you order, so you know what handles you need for them (I didn’t get handles yet, just used my acrylic blocks). This set requires an A & B handle.
Poor me now I have to place another order . What ever is a girl to do! I do want to TRY the handles. I am going to HAVE to add a coupe sets to it, gotta justify shipping! Happy Mother’s Day to me.
OK now for the samples.
I have to say I LOVE this first card I am going to share-LOVE IT!! I HAD to share several photos for you to take it all in! LOL! I used my Scor-Pal to get the folds like they are. Its like a pop out card, only a different fold.
This is called the Beauty Within (like my blog 😀 I was so lovin that they had that combo in there!)
Here is a side view so you can really see how the card folds
I also paired this with Beautiful Blooms. Make sure you checkNichole’s blog for Sneak Peeks of the new release due on the 15h!! (like you even need me to remind you! LOL!) There is also a design team member peek daily! So check those out as well. So excited for this release.
My mom got me these little rose bushes you see in the bkgd. I hope I don’t kill them :C They matched my card perfectly.
Now for a professional look. You just can’t tell by these that the base is layered onto black cardstock, and how it folds out. The glitter is really pretty in person too.
OK now for another!
You know how much I LOVE purple! AND I love butterflies! This card is for my friend Debbie who I will see next week at CHA!! YEAH!! It is her birthday TODAY!! Happy Birthday Debbie. Here is your card, you won’t get till Sat! She and I both LOVE purple.
So for this I stamped the butterfly on the card base, then on glossy white cardstock. Let dry, then sponged on various purple inks. Cut out the butterfly and added over image on card. Its very pretty in person. My mother agreed the photo’s did these samples no justice. Guess I better get a better camera (wink)!
The flower image is from Stampendous Agapanthus Cluster . I LOVE it! I just added some purple stickles to the image, when I was done.
Speaking of Debbie-she bought me these mirrored coaster’s.
I decided to use one of the butterflies for an etched glass image! Now I cannot even begin to tell you how HARD it was to get a photo of this! I almost didn’t even share it! But decided maybe you could grasp how pretty this is in person. I was thinking of adding a satin ribbon to it, to hang it up on the wall.
Etched Mirror
I can’t get this to resize, and upload properly-sorry!! But how pretty would a trio of these be, hung with a satin ribbon, on a wall?! LOVE IT! They are just the perfect butterflies.
Their images seem REALLY Scrapper friendly. I however am NOT a scrapper, but do love larger images over some smaller one’s at times. I guess I just say make sure WITH ANYTHING, you look at the size to see it suits you.
So there you have it.
Hope you have a wonderful day!! Thanks for checking in with me.
This week is going to be fabulous! Alexa’s complete’s Chemo on the 14th!! Then the PTI release on the 15th!! AND I will offer just some other random fun samples.
Feel free to share your Mother’s Day plans, or a special memory.
Next week is CKC where I will meet so many friends! I am beyond excited for that. Its like the whole month of May is one big celebration!
Till tomorrow.
72 Responses for "Happy Mother’s Day! UNITY Stamps."
Yeah! I’m the first to wish you a HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY!!! My kids are sleeping in and I’m enjoying the quiet with some coffee and checking in on my friends! 🙂
We’ll be taking it easy today, planting and cleaning the patio, being outdoors.
The stamps look GREAT…a really good size! Love the cards and LOVE the photos of the kids! My Jacob has his first t-ball game tuesday night…I can’t wait! So fun to watch the little ones!
Have a good one!
What a beautiful card Lauren.
Happy Mother’s Day!
HAPPY MOTHERS DAY! Love the pic s of the kids. Tyler is helping me type this, sorry for the tyupos. G reat cards . loevthat flod oyut layout. Ive gio t to tyry that soon. this is hard with an extra set of fingets on the key board. -zMolly BN
Happy Mother’s Day to you Lauren! I hope you enjoy whatever it is that you may do today.
Your cards are lovely….beautiful images and great layouts…cool!
Happy Mother’s Day to you… you have beautiful children. Enjoy them!!
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Beautiful projects, Lauren! Happy Mother’s Day – you have a beautiful family. It sounds like a great week!
Happy Mother’s Day! I just love everything you posted! You may be tipping me over the edge to order from Unity. I’m a die hard PTI girl, but I just might have to bite the bullet. Thanks for making me smile with your post – I just love reading your entries. Heather
Love all the pictures of your kiddos. They are just adorable. Congruations on Alexa’s last chemo treatment! Hope you have a very Happy Mother’s Day! I always enjoy reading your blog. Love your new butterfly set!
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These cards are so pretty! I am really lovin the design of the first one. So beautiful! Oh yea happy mothers day!
Love the fold out card. I would love if you told us how you did the etched glass butterfly. Have a great mothers day!!! I am baking buckets of cookies we are going to see our sons and our grandson. Yahoo!!! TFS Ann
[…] My Time, My Creations, My Stampendence wrote an interesting post today on Happy Motherâ��s Day! UNITY Stamps.Here’s a quick excerpt Well Happy Mother’s Day to you all! I get to do whatever I want! I see TGIFriday’s in my future, and maybe take the kids to the park. Follow that up with some stamp time, of course. As you may have noticed I took yesterday off! I needed it, and really didn’t have time to post. I had family things to do. It was a great day. Now due to my lack of posting you can guess how much I HAVE to say! LOL! This is LONG winded. I know, by now, you know me. I do have a post to share using my favorite image […]
Loved your cards–I adore butterflys too! Guess I will need to consider a Unity Stamp purchase! You have such a sweet family–have a great Mother’s Day. I always enjoy reading your posts—thanks for sharing……
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Oh your cards are so beautiful! thank you as always for sharing… Just wanted to pop by and wish you a wonderful and blessed Mother’s Day to you !!
HUGS!!!!
Of course, thanks for sharing (as always) such beautiful projects with us today. More importantly, I wanted to say Happy Mother’s Day to you and thank you for the inspiration you are to me as a mother. Your example of love for your children, and the positive way that you deal with life and the trials/blessings/events it has to offer is just amazing! Thank you. 🙂
Gasp! The butterfly pop-out card is amazing! You think of the coolest things. And how cool that you made something so special for my birthday. It’s gorgeous in the picture and I’ll bet it’s more-so IRL. You just totally made my day!
Happy Mother’s Day!! Your kids are all so cute and sweet looking….I know looks can be deceiving at this age! Your butterflys are beautiful!!
Lauren, thanks for sharing pics of your beautiful children. I read your whole entry because i love hearing from you (like you’re just writing to me, LOL!) Anyway, i love the cards especially the one that folds with the butterful and the flowers. The poem was priceless and we can all relate to it. HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY!
Happy Mother’s Day Lauren! I LOVE that butterfly pop out card! So beautiful. Thanks for the tip on the size of their stamps too.. it helps to know!
Happy Mother’s Day, Lauren! You are a wonderful mother with a beautiful family — may you be blessed always!
Your cards are amazing — those stamps are just gorgeous! 🙂
WHEW! I actually love ya….(I read to the bottom of your post) 😉
And I loved all of it.
Being a Mom, is truly the best job I have EVER had. And there are way too many memories for me to chose one! Happy Mother’s Day to all.
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Happy Mothers Day! So glad to hear Alexa is almost done! The photos you shared are fabulous! I love that card and those new stamps. Was the background part of the butterflies or a sep one?
Totally fabulous!
Gorgeous, just gorgeous Lauren. Have fun at CKC next weekend.
Beautiful, I love what you did with the butterflies.
love your pretty cards.
Beautiful family you have–you must be so proud! Happy Mother’s Day to a FANTASTIC mother. I loved your words about Alexa—you are so right–your life would be so different (for the worse) without her. What a gift you are to eachother.
Your butterfly cards are awesome..LOVE that pop out. (my favorite kind of cards) Great stamps!
Lauren, I so enjoyed seeing the pictures of your kids; Amber looks so much like you! Your cards are just beautiful. I really love the pop out one. Such a cool design. Glad you like your new stamps!
that first card is stunning!!! Thanks for the info about Unity Stamps. I am eyes a couple sets but I was confused about the handle thing.
Lauren—You are right, that is a BEAUTIFUL card—my MOM would DIE over it! (and I love seeing your babies—all five of them! Hey, if we can’t share about our kids on Mother’s Day, when can we? LOVELY, lovely stuff tonight===thanks for sharing!
WOW!! as always Lauren you have outdown yourself!! this is absolutely stunning and gorgeous!!
Great cards, these stamps are so cute!!!
Happy Mother’s Day to you! Sounds like you had an awesome day!
I’m so loving your butterfly cards and Debbi is going to love hers especially. It’s just gorgeous!
You guys are going to have so much fun next weekend. It’s times like this that I would give anything to go too. It would be a blast to spend the day with the PSF’s.
The pictures were an absolute treat. Thank you for sharing them with us!
Big. big, big hugs on Alexa’s last treatment day! Ill be thinking of you all and holding you all in good thoughts and prayers!
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Lauren,
I hope you had a great Mother’s Day.I’m amaze by how much you do.I often wonder where you get the time to stamp.I guess when you have the passion you make time. I get inspired by all the stampers out there,even in my short time stamping.When Dawn Easton told my about your blog.I check it every day and all I can say is WOW!!! your creations are amazing, Thanks for sharing your ideas.
I also have to say that poem is so true.TFS
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Just gorgeous! Thanks for sharing these!
fabulous stuff Lauren!
And what a blessing you are to Alexa as well!!
Have Mother’s day!
Happy Mother’s day to you, too. Thanks for all the lovely cards that you posted. I also loved seeing your great kids. I, too, am the parent of a very “special” daughter who just happens to be HI and CI. She,too, has blessed my life in many ways that I didn’t expect. Thanks for the encouragement. You are a blessing.
You have beautiful children!!! I have to admit that Alexa has my heart! Love your new stamps…I just got mine in the mail also…only I did not get the butterflies…Cannot wait to use them!
I love all of these projects and would really like to find out how you used the butterfly stamp to do the etched image. I love etching glass…but I usually use clip art and cut a stencil from shelf liner. I must know your technique!
TFS,
Charmaine
Glad that you had a good weekend & sorry to hear about Alexa getting sick for lunch! But… what beautiful cards you posted above, I LOVE THEM! and butterflies, and purple, so I really love when you post those things!
Happy Mother’s Day to you even though it’s a day late… I only heard it from my children on the phone (they were gone all weekend just about) and in an instant message from my boyfriend… oh well…
Have a great week!
Angie
That is wonderful etched coaster ..I would love to know how you do that …I just love to come here and ohhhhh and ahhhh over everything …If I could make a wish I wish I could be a fly on your wall ..no You might kill me :)…but something on your wall to watch and learn all you have to offer …
Truly Inspired Again
thanks
Happy Belated Mother’s Day, Lauren!
My HAPPIEST Mother’s Day ever was yesterday. My granddaughter graduated from college from a four year college in four years! We all went out for dinner, nothing excites me more that being with my family. We had 24 people at one table, Aaaaaahhh, it’s heaven to me.
God Bless you and your family.
HUGS
P.S. I’m sorry, I did not realize that all the orther things were in the same post, LOL.
The children look ADORABLE, I love Amber’s pose.
Your animals are too funny…you should get them on video eating together in
the different bowls and send it to America’s Funniest Videos. Children and
animals seem to always win. That’s $10.000.00!!
I LOVED the poem it is priceless, Do you know who wrote it, was it your friend??
The stamps are WONDERFUL!!
Your card is MAGNIFICENT!! I love the layout, design, and the flowers.
The mirror is FABULOUS! I love the image and your colors.
HUGS.
P.S. And Alexa’s pose. TFS.
I have a hangover from yesterday…I never touched a drop of liquor, no,
my body is wracked with pain and I can’t think straight, I need to go back to
bed, LOL!!!
Okay, I love Beauty Within!!! It is so clever! But how do you put it in an envelope??? I just got my Scor-Pal, (my husband says “thanks, Lauren”~your review is why I spent the money; so I get the husband-spending money thing). So I am anxious to try this card out.
Daisy is adorable. I can’t believe you have a dog and cat eating together! Suggestion for Daisy’s separation anxiety…take her for a walk before you are leaving for an extended period of time. A tired dog is a good dog!
Amber looks so cute in her recital outfit and Alexa looks like she’s got the moves, too! I so look forward to your blog each day! Thanks!
Thanks for sharing the adorable pictures of your kids, and for the beautiful poem!! I love gorgeous cards and beautiful mirror!!! Fabulous combination of stamps and I love the fold of your first card! Such pretty colors and sparkle on your second!!
Gorgeous card!!!!!!!!!!
I LOVE it!!
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If you keep this up, I’ll be renaming Card of the Week to the Official Lauren Meader fan club site! I love this card — so pretty! I think I’d frame it!
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I found your butterfly almost a pop card, card…fabulous. I had to re-create it as I haven’t seen one like it before. I love it! I will be posting my “copy” of it on my blog with a “shout out” to you. Thanks for inspiring me…
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I don’t know how I missed this one, but these cards are fabulous, Lauren. And your kids are darling.
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Gorgeous Butterfly Cards!!
Beautifully stamped and colored.
All Very Elegant!!
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